环函[2005]158号

颁布日期：20050430 　实施日期：20050430 　颁布单位：国家环境保护总局

　　Huan Han [2005] No. 158

　　The environmental protection bureaus （offices） of all provinces， autonomous¹ regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government， the Environment Development Center of the State Environmental Protection Administration （hereinafter referred to as the SEPA）：

　　With a view to well doing the environmental management on the imported waste steel and iron， and in light of， hereby are notified of the issues regarding the examination and approval and the management of the import of waste steel and iron as follows according to the actual demands of the national import of waste steel and iron：

　　1. Any iron steel smelting² enterprise， which accords with the state industry policies and is up to the standards of environmental protection， may file an application to the Scraps³ Import Registration⁴ and Management Center of SEPA for importing the steel and iron scraps as listed in the attachment⁵.

　　2. When applying for the import of steel andiron scraps， the applicant⁶ shall submit the following materials：

　　（a） an application for the import of scraps under seal of the entity⁷ as an applicant；

　　（b） a photocopy⁸ of the valid⁹ business license¹⁰ of the enterprise to use the scraps；

　　（c） a pollutant¹¹ emission¹² standard conformity¹³ certification issued by the environmental protection bureau at the prefecture level where the enterprise is located；

　　（d） The enterprise that applies for the import of steel and iron scraps for the first time shall provide photocopies¹⁴ of the environmental impact evaluation¹⁵ documents and examination and approval documents of the construction projects of its main production facilities as well as the photocopies of the approval documents on completion check and acceptance of its environmental protection facilities； and

　　（e） Any entity checked and ratified¹⁶ by the SEPA for processing and utilizing¹⁷ the waste hardware and electrical appliances， waste electrical wires and cables and waste electric machinery¹⁸ （hereinafter referred to as the designated entities¹⁹） may apply for importing a small quantity of steel and iron scraps （not exceeding 10 % of its annual processing capacity）， but it shall provide the product supply contract signed between it and a steel and iron smelting enterprise which accords with the state industrial policies and is up to the standards of environmental protection.

　　3. Where any enterprise violates the provisions mentioned above， the SFDA will， pursuant to the concrete situation， issue a notice to the local environmental protection authority and the enterprise to suspend the import business of this enterprise and disqualify it for from being a designated enterprise， and shall give punishment to the enterprise according to the relevant laws and provisions.

　　The environmental protection authorities at all levels shall carefully exercise their respective functions， strengthen the examination and approval and management of imported steel and iron scraps and prevent the imported steel and iron scraps from polluting the environment.

　　Attachment： List of Steel and Iron Scraps as Raw Materials under Automatic Import Licensing（Omitted）

　　State Environmental Protection Administration

　　April 30， 2005